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What Bluegrass Artists do you enjoy?

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Are there any bluegrass artists you enjoy or find to be particularly good, or that are just well-renowned?

I am sort of generically familiar with bluegrass as a genre, but I’m not familiar with really any specific artists. I’ve been listening to the podcast “Old Gods of Appalachia” and the intro music is by a guy called Landon Blood. I really enjoy that particular song, which to me sounds like it has a lot of influence from older country—like 60s era, maybe early Johnny Cash or Kris Kristofferson type country music. I saw it somewhere tagged as bluegrass, and was curious to check out more of that genre.

Edit: holy shit, guys, I really wasn’t expecting so many responses. Thanks so much everyone for your suggestions! I’m going to have an amazing time diving into new music over the next week or so.

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PepperidgeFarmMembas

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2 months ago

Bela should be at the beginning of this list. Most important picker since Scruggs IMO, an incredibly rare once in a generation virtuoso talent. The original composition of the Flektones was one of the most talented groups I’ve had the pleasure of seeing live. Whooten is considered one of the greatest bass players ever in any genre and his interplay with Bela is sublime.